Shocking-machine for grain and the like.



C. B. RANEY. SHOCKING'MACHINE FOR GRAIN AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION min JUNE 8. m4.

Patented Oct. 31, 1916.

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C. R. RANEY. SHOCKING MACHINE FOR GRAIN AND THE LIKE.

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SHOCKING-MACHINE FOB GRAIN AND THE LIKE.

1,2S,U47. Specification of Letters Patent Patented Oct. 31, 1916.

Application filed June 8, 1914. Serial No. 843,847.

'1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLEMMA R. RANEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of improved controlling mechanism actuated by the grain in the shock receptacle as the shock 18 set, this controlling mechanism being operatively connected to the mechanism con- Illinois, have invented certain new and usetrolling the dropping of the shock receptacle, co

ful Improvements in Shocking-Vlachines for all in a manner hereinafter more fully set Grain and the like, of which the following forth. is a full, clear, and exact specification. In the accompanying drawings I have My invention relates to shocking machines illustrated one embodiment which my inven- ZLE for grain and the like. tion may assume in practice, showing the In my copending application, Serial No. same for purposes of illustration in connec- I 831,931, filed April 15, 1914.,Ihave described tion with mechanism of the type claimed a shocker of the type wherein a tiltable shock 111 my above mentioned application. receptacle is pivoted on the shocker frame In these drawings: Figure 1 is a side eleand means are provided for varying the ele- Vatlon of a shocker equipped with my in1- ti f th i t f thi 1'eceptaQ1e as the provement. Fig. 2 is a detail side elevation latter is tilted thereabout in such a manner of the rear of the shocker showing the shock that as the shock is tilted toward vertical receptacle and controlling mechainsm in a position, it is also given a decided downward plurality of positions. Fig. 3 is a plan view 5/!) impetus of such a character as to set its base of the shock receptacle when in the normal firmly upon the ground and in general inor sheaf receiving position shown in Fig. 1. crease its stability. In that construction the The shocker construction shown is of subinechanism controlling the downward movestantially the construction illustrated in my ment of the shock receptacle is automatically copending application mentioned above, com

2'; controlled by the latter as it moves toprising a frame 1 having a swinging sheaf so ward shock discharging position and is dellvery member or fork 2 fixed to a shaft mummy dj t bl so th t th oint at 3 and ournale d thereon in suitable bearings which the dropping movement begins may Thls fork is driven from a power shaft be varied as desired in order to accommodate 5 through any suitable connections and is the device to use in grain of different lengths. moved through a substantially upright path My Present i ti h f it bj t t to build up a prostrate shock in a shock rerender the adjusting mechanism of a device ceptacle .6 pivoted at 7 upon the rear frame of this character entirely automatic, where and normally prostrate thereon. As deby the dropping mechanism is not only auscribed n that application, automatic means t ti fl peratgd b th t cl b t are provided for actuating a binding needle the time of drop is automatically regulated 8 and a compressor arm 9 to bind and comby the length of the grain itself and without pr the oc for ed in this shock receplnanual adjustment on the part of the optacle 6 when that shook has reached a prede- 3 7 termined size. Further, means are also pro- A further object of my invention is to "ided for automatically actuating, after the provide mechanism especially adapted to completion of this shock compressing and use i cgnnection i h grain f varying binding operation, a swinging shock receplengths, which mechanism operates automatitacle-tilting member 10 movable upward to cally to tilt the shock and vary the dropswing the cradle upward and rearward to ping movement thereof in accordance with Shock discharging p ositi on. All of this lea the length of the grain in such a manner mechanism, however, rtselr specifically forms that, when working in long grain, all crumno part of the present 1nvent1on and need not pling at the base of the shocks is avoided. be herein more specifically described.

Fiirther objects of my invention are to The cradle is likewise mounted in the provide improved controlling mechanism for manner described in that application upon a the dropping mechanism, and in general rearwardly extending, supplemental frame to improve the construction of such devices. 11 pivoted at 12 to the end of the main 'lhese and other objects will more fully frame 1 and on opposite sides of the same. hereinafter appear. This supplemental frame normallyoccupies 5) I attain these objects by the provision of the position shown in Fig. 1 and is held in that position by a rearwardly and downwardly extending latch member 13 resiliently connected at let to the frame 1 and cooperating with a cooperating slotted latch member 15 projecting upwardly and rearwardly from the rear of the frame 11. This latch member 13 is in turn operatively connected through an adjustable link connection 16 with a standard 17 carried on the receptacle and movable therewith as the latter moves to tilting position, in such a mannor that the latch member 13 is raised to disengage it from its cooperating latch member 15 and thus allow the rear end of the frame to drop, the cradle pivot being lowered directly and suddenly toward the ground after the cradle has been tilted to a predetermined degree adjustable'by adjusting the connection 16. As in that construction, springs 18 and 19 are operatively connected to the frame 11 for returning the parts to their initial positions after the shock has been set. Further, as in that construction, rear end tines 20 are pivotally mounted at 21 at the rear of the receptacle and are controlled by a releasable latch mechanism 22 so that they may fall rearwardly independently of the cradle as the latter is tilted backward about its pivot, a suitable spring 28 connected between these "ines and the shocker frame being provided to return these tines to their normal or up vosition (Fig. 1) after each shock is set.

In practice it has been found that as the grain varies in length the sheaves delivered to the shock receptacle 6 will have their butts protrude through these end tines 20 for variable distances, the long grain extending a substantial distance through the end tines, while the shorter grain only extends a relatively shorter distance beyond the same. It has also been found that when working in long and short grain it is advisable to drop the shock at different times, it being desirable when shocking long grain to drop the shock more quickly in order to prevent crumpling of the shock base or any tendency of the ends of the sheaves to strike the ground before the shock has been set in upright position, while in shocking short grain a comparatively late dropping has been found to be conducive to the formation of the most stable shocks. In my present invention l have taken advantage of the variation in the length of the butts protruding through the end tines, above referred to, in such a manner as to use it as a means assisting in adjusting the time when the shocks are dropped so that this time is determined automatically by the length of the grain, the protruding butts of the sheaves in the shocks striking a controlling member at different times in such a manner as to release the rear frame at different times and thus regulate the time of drop in accordance with the length of grain to be shocked. This mechanism includes a pivoted member 24 extending rearwardly beneath the pivot 7 of the shock receptacle and disposed in the path of the butts of the sheaves as the receptacle 1S tilted to set a shock. As shown,

the rear end of the member is preferably enlarged in such a manner as to form a substantial surface for engagement with the sheaf butts and is connected to an upwardly and forwardly extending crank shaped arm 25 journaled on the shocker frame in a suit able bearing 26 at the grainward side of the receptacle. Extending upward from this journal is a second arm 27 fixed to the crank 25 and pivotally connected at its upper end to a third downwardly and rearwardly extending arm 28, which is in turn pivotally connected at 29 to the lower end of the link connection 16, hereinabove described, which controls the latch member 18. As shown, all of these connections are normally held in the full line position shown in Fig. 1 by a spring 30 connected between the arm 27 and a fixed part of the frame, and a longitudinally extending slot 31 is provided in the latch member 13 to receive the end of the latch controlling member 16, suitable notches 32 being provided on the edge of the bind the shock while in the receptacle, and that then the shock receptacle operating arm 1 10 will be operated to tilt the receptacle rearwardly about its pivot 7 toward the full line position shown in Fig. 2. As the receptacle moves rearward about its pivot through the link connection 16, the latch member 13 will be raised in such a manner as to release its cooperating latch member 15 and let the frame 11 drop downward in such a manner as to lower the pivot of the shock receptacle and drop the shock through ii a substantially vertical path directly upon the ground. However, as the shock receptacle is tilted, the butts of the sheaves pro truding through the end tines 20 will strike the controlling member 2% and this member will be depressed toward the dotted line position shown in Fig. 2, throwing its crank mechanism into operation and projecting the member 28 rearwardly and downwardly in such a manner as to throw the pivotal. J

connection 29 of the link 16 downward and rearward in the slot 31. As, while the re ceptacle continues to move backward, the link connection is pulled upward, this link connection will raise the latch member 13 iii and cause it to release its cooperating latch member 15, the pivotal connection 29, What ever its position, then being pulled into one of the notches 32 in the slot and using it as a means to prevent slipping while swinging, the latch upward.

When Working in long grain, when the sheaf butts extend a substantial distance through the end tines, these butts will strike the member quite quickly so that the receptacle will drop quickly, while, when the grain is shorter, since the butts will protrude through the end tines 20 a shorter distance, these butts will not strike the controlling member 24 until later, or, in fact, if very short, may not strike at all, the latching mechanism being actuated in the normal manner by the link 16 as the receptacle is tilted. Obviously, under these circumstances, the dropping actionof the receptacle will be correspondingly deferred. It will also be understood that as the standard 17 moves rearward toward the dotted line position shown in Fig. 2 and the parts return to their initial positions due to the action of the cradle returning springs, these parts will have ample play in the slot 31 in the latch member so that there will be no cramping of the same in action. Obviously, also, when desired, by suitably adjusting the link connection 16, the dropping point of the recep tacle may be further varied as desired.

it is to be noted that in this construction it is unnecessary for the operator to adjust the mechanism in the normal operation of the machine,the mechanism, except for the adjustable connection 16, being entirely au tomatic within the limits for which it is set so that the short shocks are dropped when comparatively close to the ground and the long shocks are dropped at a relatively earher time, all in such a manner as to build sheaves of grain of varying length into shocks of a uniform and substantial character well adapted to stand in the field.

While I have in this application specifically described one form which my inven tion may assume in practice, it is, of course, to be understood that it may assume other forms than that shown and that I do not limit myself to the precise construction chosen for purposes of illustration.

lVhat I claim as my invention and desii to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In a shocking machine, a frame, a shock receptacle thereon, mechanism for moving said receptacle with respect to the ground as a shock is set thereby, and controlling means for said mechanism controlled by the length of the grain in said receptacle.

In a shocking machine, a frame, a tilting shock receptacle pivoted thereon, mech anism for moving the pivot thereof bodily with respect to the ground as saidreceptacle is operated, and controlling means for said mechanism controlled by the length of the gram in said receptacle.

In a shocking machine, a frame, a tilting shock receptacle pivoted thereon, mechanism for moving the pivot thereof with respect to the ground as said receptacle is operated, and controlling means for said mech anism actuated by the shock in said receptacle as the latter is tilted.

4:. in shocking machine, a frame, a tilting shock receptacle pivoted tiereon, means for moving the pivot thereof with respect to the ground as said receptacle is operated, and means operated by the shock in said receptacle for regulating the time of such movement of said receptacle.

5. in a shocking machine, a frame, a tilting shock receptacle pivoted thereon, means for dropping the pivot thereof toward the ground as said receptacle is operated, and means actuated by the shock in said receptacle the latter is tilted for varying the time of such dropping action.

6. In a shocking machine, a frame, a tilting shock receptacle pivoted thereon, means for dropping the pivot thereof toward the ground as said receptacle is operated, and means actuated by the shock in said recep tacle as the latter is tilted for actuating said dropping means.

7. In a shocking machine, a frame, a tilting shock receptacle pivoted thereon, means for moving the receptacle pivot with respect to the ground as said receptacle is operated, and means actuated as said receptacle is tilted for varying said movement in accordance with the length of the shock in said receptacle.

8. In a shocking machine, a frame, a tilting shock receptacle pivoted thereon, means for moving the pivot thereof with respect to the ground as said receptacle is operated, and means operated by the shock in said receptacle for automatically regulating the time of movement of said pivot in accordance with the length of the shock.

9. In a shocking machine, a frame, a tilting shock receptacle pivoted thereon, means for dropping the pivot thereof toward the ground as said receptacle is operated, and means actuated by the shock in said receptacle as the latter is tilted for varying the time of said dropping action in accordance with the variations in the length of shocks in said receptacle.

10. In a shocking machine, a frame, a tilting shock receptacle pivoted thereon, means for moving the pivot of said receptacle with respect to the frame as the former is tilted, and means disposed in the path of a shock carried in said rece )tilClG as the latter is tilted operatively connected to said last mentioned means and controlling the time of operation of the same. r

11. In a shocking machine, a frame, a tilting shock receptacle pivoted thereon, means for dropping the pivot of said receptacle toward the ground as said receptacle is operated, and means automatically operable by said receptacle as it is tilted for automatically varying the amount of drop of the pivot thereof in accordance with variations in the length of the shock in said receptacle.

12. In a shocking machine, a frame, a tilting shock receptacle pivoted thereon, means for dropping the pivot thereof toward the ground as said receptacle is operated, and means automatically set in operation by said receptacle as it is tilted for automatically timing the dropping of the pivot thereof in accordance with variations in the length of the shock in said. receptacle.

13. In a shocking machine, a frame, a tilting shock receptacle pivoted thereon, mains for dropping the pivot of said receptacle toward the ground at a predetermined point in the operation thereof, and means actuated upon movement of said receptacle for accelerating the dropping action thereof as the length of the shock in said receptacle increases.

1.4-. In a shocking machine, a frame, a tilting shock receptacle pivoted thereon, means for normally dropping the pivot of said receptacle toward the ground at a predetermined point in the operation thereof,

and means actuated upon movement of said receptacle for retarding the dropping action thereof as the length of the shock in said receptacle decreases.

15. In a shocking machine, a frame, til ing shock receptacle pivoted thereon, means for normally dropping the pivot of said receptacle toward the ground at a predetermined point in the operation thereof, and means for accelerating or retarding the operation of said dropping means upon an increase or a decrease respectively in the length of the shock in said receptacle.

16. In a shocking machine, a main frame, a supplemental frame operatively connected to said main frame, a tilting shock receptacle pivoted on said supplemental frame, latching mechanism for releasing said supplemental frame from said main frame as the receptacle is tilted, and means actuated by the sheaves in the receptacle as the latter is tilted controlling the actuation of said latching mechanism.

17. In a shocking machine, a frame, a supplemental frame, means normally locking said frame in a predetermined relation, a tilting shock receptacle pivoted on said supplemental frame, means controlled by said receptacle controlling the connection of said frames, and means engaged by the shock carried by said receptacle as the latter is tilted controlling said controlling means.

18. In a shocking machine, a frame, a supplemental frame, means normally looking said frames in a predetermined relation, a tilting shock receptacle pivoted on said supplemental frame, means movable with said receptacle as it is tilted for releasing the connection of said frames, and means controlled by the length of the shock carried in said receptacle controlling the time of release of said frames.

19. In a shocking machine, a frame, a supplemental frame pivoted thereto, latching mechanism .normally holding said frames in predetermined relation, a tiltable shock receptacle pivoted on said supplemental frame, an operative connection between the same and said latching mechanism, and means disposed in the path of a shock set by said receptacle for varying the relative positions of said operative connection and said latching mechanism.

20. In a shocking machine, a frame, a supplemental frame pivoted thereto, latching mechanism normally holding said frames in predetermined relation including a latch member, a tiltable cradle pivoted on said supplemental frame, operative connections between said cradle and said latch member for releasing said latch upon tilting of said.

cradle, and means operable as said cradle is tilted for shifting the point of connection of said operative connections longitudinally of said latch member. 7

21. In a shocking machine, a frame, a supplemental frame pivoted thereto, latching mechanism normally holding said frames in predetermined relation including a latch member, a tilting shock receptacle pivoted on said supplemental frame, means movable with said receptacle for operating said latch, and supplemental means operable as said receptacle is tilted and before said latch is operated for adjusting said means with respect to said latch.

22. In a shocking machine, a frame, a supplemental frame pivoted thereto, latching mechanism normally holding said frames in predetermined relation including a notched latch member, a shock receptacle pivotally mounted on said supplemental frame, a

latch operating member movable with said,

cradle engageable with the notches on said latch member, and means controlled by the length of the shock in said receptacle for adjusting said latch lifting member in said notches prior to the lifting thereof.

23. In a shocking machine, a frame, a supplemental frame pivoted thereto, latching mechanisn normally holding said frames in predetermined relation including a clotted latch member, a tiltable cradle pivoted on said supplemental frame, operative connections between said cradle and the slotin said latch member for releasing said latch upon tilting of said cradle, and means operation actuated by a shock discharged by said cradle for adjusting said connections in said slot.

In a shocking machine, a frame, a supplemental frame pivoted thereto, latclr ing mechanism normally holding said frames in a predetermined relation including a latch member having a notched slot therein, a tiltable cradle pivoted on said supplemental frame, a link connection between said cradle and said slot, and a controlling member disposed in the path of a shock set by said cradle operatively con nected to said frame and the connection between said cradle and latch member for adjusting said connection longitudinally of said slot.

25. In a shocking machine, a frame, a supplemental frame pivoted thereto, latching mechanism normally holding said frames in a predetermined relation including a latch member having a notched slot therein, a' tiltable shock receptacle pivoted on said supplemental frame, means for op e 'ating the same, a link connection between said receptacle and said slot, and a controlling member disposed in the path of a shock set by said receptacle operatively connected to said frame and link connection and movable with the latter longitudinally of said slot prior to the completion of the movement of said receptacle about its pivot.

26. In a shocking machine, a frame, a supplemental frame pivoted thereto, latching mechanism normally holding the same in predetermined relation including a slotted latch member, a tiltable cradle pivoted on said supplemental frame, a link connection intermediate a part of said cradle and a point in the slot in said latch member, a longitudinally disposed member journaled on the frame and projecting at one end heneath the shock carried by said receptacle, and means operatively connected between said member and said link connection for varying the position of said connection in the slot in said latch member in accordance with variations in the length of the shock carried by said receptacle.

27. In a shocking machine, a frame, a supplemental frame pivotally connected thereto, latching mechanism normally maintaining the same in predetermined relation, a shock receptacle pivoted on said supplemental frame, normally upright end tine mechanism carried on said receptacle, and

means for releasing the latch mechanism between said frames at different points in the tilting of said cradle about its pivot in ac cordance with the amount that the sheaves in said receptacle protrude through said end tines.

28. In a shocking machine, a frame, a supplemental frame pivoted thereto, latching mechanism normally holding the same in predetermined relation including a latching member, a tilting shock receptacle pivoted on said supplemental frame, operative connections between said receptacle and latching member for releasing said supplemental frame as the receptacle is tilted, and a controlling member for said operative connections operatively connected thereto and having a portion thereof disposed in the path of a shock in said shock receptacle.

29. In a shocking machine, a frame, a supplemental frame pivoted thereto, latching mechanism normally holding the same in predetermined relation including a latch ing member, a tilting shock receptacle pivoted on said supplemental frame, operative connections between said receptacle and latching member for releasing said supplemental frame as the receptacle is tilted, a controlling member for said operative connections operatively connected thereto, and means normally maintaining said controlling member in the path of the shock.

30. In a shocking machine, a frame, a supplemental frame pivoted thereto, latching mechanism normally holding the same in predetermined relation including a latching member, a tilting shock receptacle pivot ed, on said supplemental frame, operative connections between said receptacle and latching member for releasing said supplemental frame as the receptacle is tilted, and a spring-pressed normally operative controlling member for said operative connections operatively connected thereto and having a portion thereof disposed beneath the shock in said shock receptacle.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

CLEMMA R. RANEY.

lVitnesses:

LAMONT DANIELS, J. J. FOLEY.

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